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	  <td width="800px" valign="middle" class="legend"><p>MapBlog Instructions </p>
      <p><span class="sidebar_instructions">This page provides instructions for use of the MapBlog Learning Activity. Note that these instructions are not course specific and your course  assignment may provide additional  instructions.</span></p></td>
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	<td class="help_body_text"><p class="helpcenter_body_text">The MapBlog is an Internet based learning activity based on Google Maps. </p>
	  <p class="helpcenter_body_text">You will use the  MapBlog to mark a place, or the location of an event, and you can link a web page to that marker. Note that you can zoom in and place your marker in a precise location. If you are not familiar with the use of Google Maps, you might want to start by locating your house. Pan the map, and zoom in, until you find where you live. You can do the same thing when you add your placemark to the map.</p>
	  <p class="helpcenter_body_text"><strong class="helpcenter_body_text">To use the MapBlog:</strong></p>
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	    <li>Identify the web page associated with the location or event that you will mark on the map. This defines the geographic location where you will place your marker.</li>
	    <li>Zoom and pan the map until you can see the location where you want your marker to go. This could be a general location, for example if you were associating your marker with a country. Or it could be very precise. </li>
	    <li>Click the Add a New Location link (upper right). This opens the form you will use to place your marker and associate the web page. <br />
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	    <li>Click the map to place your marker. If you click the wrong spot, just click again. The last place you click will be used when your marker is saved.<br />
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	    <li>Fill in the form providing the URL of the web page that is linked to your marker, a label (that will appear when you view the map) and your name. On screen instructions provide additional help. <br />
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	    <li>Click Save</li>
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	  <p><strong>That's it, use the link in the upper right to return to the MapBlog view mode.</strong></p>	  
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